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January 28, 1974 Mayor Bohjanen felt that as long as the Personnel Commission is not governed by Ordinance setting dates for meetings, then they could be flexiable. Mr. Zelinka said the. Commission had discussed their responsibilities and felt that 1.) To interview prospective employees and 2.) Recommend salary range were part of their duties. They asked the Clerk to compute the hours expended in each department for 1973. They would like this information by July in order to have recommendations ready for the budget meetings for 1975 budget. He also felt that this is leading. toward a Civil Service Commission that will be established by Ordinance. He had not attended a meeting of the Utility Commissions as yet. He asked the Clerk to contact Circle Pines and get the meeting dates for him. There is also a Personnel Commission meeting scheduled for Jan. 31, 1974 at 7:30 P.M. Notices have been sent to all members. Mayor Bohjanen had requested the Fire Marshall, Mr. Mel Kline, to attend this meeting. The Clerk had the Ordinances dealing with burning and other restrictions in connections with burning within the City. Mr. Kline asked the Council how often they required a report from him. The Council would expect a quarterly report. Mr. Kline asked if anything had been done about the house on Gladstone that had burned. He felt that it should be secured since children are playing inside and this is a dangerous situation. Mr. Locher has the name of the Attorney and the owner of the property. They will notified that the building has been red tagged and they have 10 days from receipt of letter to have the house boarded up. Mr. Zelinka wondered whose responsibility this was- Fire Marshall or Building Inspector. Mayor Bohjanen felt this should be a joint effort. Mr. Zelinka felt that the areas should be designated in order to give the Inspector a direction. He felt that unsafe building - structural - would be the responsibility of the Building Inspector and buildings unsafe by fire should be secured by the Fire Marshall and he would then notify the Building Inspector for condemnation. If a building is unsafe because of potential fire hazard, this building should be red tagged by the Fire Marshall. This was moved by Mr. Zelinka. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried. Mr. Henry Amundsen, Building Inspector, was also present. Mayor Bohjanen reminded him that he must take the State Qualification test. Mayor Bohjanen thought he could get the information he needed from the State Inspector's office. Mr. Dupre has the copy of the State Building Code. Also, the Clerk is to contact Centennial State Bank and arrange for the $2000.00 bond Mr. Amundsen. The Clerk had the Building Code Ordinance and Zoning Ordinance for Mr. Amundsen. She will see that he received copies of all Ordinances pertaining to his job. Mayor Bohjanen had received a letter from the Anoka County Health Department suggesting that the City join them in requiring septic system installers to be licensed and these installations be inspected. The installers would be licensed by the County. Mr. Marier.felt that the Officials should know who is working within the City and since we already require that installers be licensed and bonded, and the installations must be inspected, Mr. Marier felt that we should continue in this